Someone told me to blog about public urination.  As I am not familiar with that activity, I thought about it, and decided to blog on why men have an unfair advantage over women.

Many, many moons ago, I went on a religious retreat to the Swiss alps.  It was a skiing one, where we did hike 2.5 miles (about 4 kms) up a mountain on skis (if you think it cant be done, think again!  Seal skins!).  We had a great time, and slept 14 to a bed, girls and boys.

But that is not the story. We had to go home again, and so we skied down the mountain after a great weekend, and then loaded unto the vans (no SUVs in those days kiddies).

It was a 5 hour trip back to Frankfurt.  And we were high on the experience and signing Kumbaya!  But a funny thing happened mid way through the trip!  Our bladders got the best of us!  And so the Kumbaya, turned into "Yellow River"!

Finally we stopped at a Gas station (for you colonials, think of a truck stop), and the vans emptied!  With only one destination in mind, we all headed for the restrooms!

us Guys got in and....ahhhhhh!!!!  You guys know that feeling.  We did our duty and then sauntered back to the vans.  But....No girls.  Where were the girls?  So we waited.  And waited and waited.

Finally they showed up.  What took you so long?

The toilets were pay toilets!  We did not notice as we used the urinals!  But alas and alack, they could not!  And being a bunch of high school students, we were bereft of cash!  So they had to shimmy under the doors and then do their business and then hold them open for the others!

hey!  We bonded that weekend!  How could anyone do less?

But it was then that I had the Epiphany.  Men are lucky!  And we need to take care of the women!

Since that day, I have always carried change. just in case a lady needs to go, and she does not have a dime!

Sometimes, we can be a "dime poor country".*

* Phyllis Alice Jourdan, 1971.